Day: August 5, 2018

Last year, I drove latest BMW M5 on road and track in Portugal and concluded that its migration to all-wheel drive and an automatic transmission were both good things. The M xDrive system can very effectively put 600 horsepower to the ground and still offers a rear-wheel drive setting for driving purist, while its automatic…

The biggest question coming into Evo 2018’s Super Smash Bros. Melee competition is whether or not one of the game’s “gods” would win a sixth title in a row. And now, we have our answer: the gods are dead, long live Leffen. After an intense weekend of competition, eight competitors entered the Mandalay Bay Events…

Some pretty big news from the minds at Arc System Works as the company has announced a brand-new tournament called the ArcRevo World Tour. This tournament will kick off in the fall of 2018 and will include major qualifies across the globe happening at events over the course of the next calendar year, concluding in the…

Momo (Photo: Unidad de Investigacion de Delitos Informaticos) A suicide game called “Momo” is spreading on social media, prompting police in multiple countries to issue warnings about it. The “Momo” challenge asks people to add a contact via WhatsApp. They are then urged to hurt themselves or commit suicide. It has been compared to the…

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup race on Sunday at Watkins Glen, holding off Martin Truex Jr. in a scintillating finish. It was Elliott’s first career win, in his 99th Cup start, and 250th for Hendrick Motorsports. It assured Elliott a spot in the playoffs, as he became only the fifth…

The Philadelphia Eagles announced Sunday they have extended the contracts of head coach Doug Pederson and executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman after the duo helped lead the franchise to its first-ever Super Bowl championship in February. Both Pederson and Roseman, who also serves as the team’s general manager, are now under contract…

LeBron James has reached the playoffs in 13 straight seasons, including eight consecutive appearances in the Finals. Oddsmakers at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas believe he’ll be back in the playoffs again this season, James’ first with the Los Angeles Lakers. The SuperBook on Sunday opened betting on NBA season win totals and pegged…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Police described the location where the children were found as a “makeshift compound” near the community of Amalia in the north of New Mexico Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound. The…

LOS ANGELES — Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch said he began Sunday’s highly anticipated meeting by turning to Roberto Osuna and briefly addressing him in front of the team. He wanted to tell him how lucky he was to “join this culture, this clubhouse, this collection of guys that are sitting around in the room…